The most important reason that businesses formed monopolies and trusts in the late 1800's was to
A. Prevent the growth of labor unions
B. Take advantage of the increase of immigrant labor
C. Reduce the amount of competition in a particular industry
D. Persuade the government to raise tariffs
Answer: C. Reduce the amount of competition in a particular industry
You might also like to view...
Andrew Johnson's initial plan for Reconstruction:
A. Demonstrated an unforgiving hatred of all Southerners B. Protected the political rights of freed slaves in the South C. Attempted, at least temporarily, to deny power to wealthy Southern planters D. Failed to require the Southern states to draft new constitutions
The Statute of Laborers:
A. limited wages to pre-plague levels. B. guaranteed a minimum wage for artisans. C. barred laborers from moving from one city to another. D. governed working conditions in early factories. E. barred children from certain trades.
To make their point against striking workers, Bisbee vigilantes:
A) burned down the company town. B) hung the major IWW leaders. C) deported uncooperative workers to a remote desert location. D) rioted against both the mine owners and workers for a week.
Which series of events leading to World War II is in the correct chronological order?
(a) Neutrality Acts ? Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor ? Lend-Lease Act ? United States declaration of war on Japan (b) Lend-Lease Act ? Neutrality Acts ? United States declaration of war on Japan ? Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor (c) United States declaration of war on Japan ? Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor ? Lend-Lease Act ? Neutrality Acts (d) NeutralityActs?Lend-LeaseAct?Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor ? United States declaration of war on Japan